The Pheu Thai Party Monday voted unanimously to nominate Yingluck Shinawatra as its PM candidate. Yingluck, a sister of former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, was selected as the No-1 candidate on the party list of candidates for party proportional voting. Learning of the party’s decision, Yingluck thanked the Pheu Thai members for giving her a […]
Pheu Thai set to confirm her as its PM candidate today; to appear in public on Wednesday Elusive Yingluck Shinawatra faces a week in the public spotlight. She is scheduled to introduce herself to Pheu Thai members as their prime ministerial hope today and then meet a greater audience yet on Wednesday to speak about […]
Seen as inexperienced, far too close to Thaksin Some Pheu Thai Party members are sceptical that Yingluck Shinawatra is the right choice as the party’s candidate for prime minister, say sources. They doubt that the youngest sister of deposed prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra is really a smart choice for an election that is crucial for […]
Thai police believe homemade device probably not intended to kill In what seems to be becoming customary, preelection violence has begun to escalate. A canvasser for a potential Pheu Thai Party candidate was the target of a grenade attack at her home in Samut Prakan yesterday, three days after veteran MP Pracha Prasobdee of the […]
Abhisit dares Pheu Thai to reveal its prime ministerial candidate while opposition gives hints that it’s going to be ex-PM’s sister Yingluck Shinawatra remained an elusive woman yesterday, and it must have had something to do with fears she could become a political sitting duck. According to sources, plans were being made to help the […]
Fugitive former premier Thaksin Shinawatra expressed confidence yesterday that the Pheu Thai Party will win the upcoming general election and said he was ready to return and “serve the people” if he was needed. Thaksin addressed a gathering for two hours via video link yesterday at an event to launch the party’s political campaign platform […]
Red-shirt leaders on Thursday stepped out to speak in unison, voicing suspicion about a military intervention to seize power after the upcoming House dissolution. Pheu Thai MP Jatuporn Promphan said Army Chief of Staff General Dapong Rattanasuwan should explain why he urgenly summoned three key commanders to meet him at his residence on Wednesday’s night. […]
Deputy PM says ruling party will win more than 200 seats, questions Pheu Thai claim it will bag over 260 The ruling Democrat Party yesterday expressed confidence it would win more than 200 House of Representatives seats in the upcoming election and be able to return to power. Democrat secretary-general Suthep Thaugsuban questioned the credibility […]
